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T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel	EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology.
T.H.E. Journal March 8, 2010 David Nagel	i3 Innovation Grant Program Opens The United States Department of Education has released final priorities and opened the application process for the Investing in Innovation Fund, also known as "i3," a $650 million grant program.
T.H.E. Journal March 15, 2010 David Nagel	Obama's ESEA Blueprint Continues Emphasis on Assessment President Obama has released his new "Blueprint" for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, calling for the transformation of American K-12 education into a "world-class" system.
T.H.E. Journal October 6, 2009 David Nagel	i3 To Fund 'Cutting Edge' School Reforms The program is designed to encourage and reward innovations in education that close achievement gaps, improve proficiency levels, improve graduation rates, or work to recruit and retain high-quality teachers and principals.
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	President Ed Tech Following a rough ride with the Bush administration, only one candidate offers the policies and vision that can reinvigorate our industry and help our students gain a foothold on the future.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning.
T.H.E. Journal August 1, 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	'A Test of Leadership' Arne Duncan believes that stimulus money earmarked for education technology provides local school districts with the resources to reform. It's on them to carry it through.
T.H.E. Journal March 4, 2010 David Nagel	Education Department Names Race to the Top Finalists The United States Department of Education Thursday announced finalists in the first phase of the Race to the Top competition.
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Make Ed Tech a Priority I remain convinced that the Obama administration recognizes that the use of technology across all aspects of the education enterprise is critical to bringing about changes to our country's education system. I am less convinced that they know how to get that done.
T.H.E. Journal March 29, 2010 David Nagel	Education Department Names Race to the Top Winners Delaware and Tennessee have been awarded a combined total of about $600 million to implement school reform plans over the next four years.
T.H.E. Journal September 30, 2009 David Nagel	States Look To Raise Reading Proficiency in Title I Schools The United States Department of Education is awarding $6.61 million in grants to eight states to help improving reading achievement among poorer students.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Faye P. Taylor	Education Technology Helps Unite School Communities, Improve Academic Achievement The landmark No Child Left Behind Act has spurred the adoption of innovative education technology and Internet-based programs into classrooms nationwide.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Malbert S. Smith III	Improving Student Achievement by Measuring Ability, Not Content Standard measurement scales used as an assessment tool for student ability would ensure consistency throughout the country.
T.H.E. Journal October 13, 2009 Dan Thompson	K-12 Grant To Award Classroom Clickers The Turning Foundation, Study Island, and Performance Matters have launched a new grant to award teachers with student response systems, also knows as classroom clickers.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Spread the Word: Ed Tech Matters With the future - and present - of ed tech funding at risk, it's imperative to inform legislators about the impact of technology on student achievement.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 Susan McLester	Where's the Money? Four Places to Find Tech Funding We point the way to four distinct areas to take your search.
T.H.E. Journal September 25, 2009 David Nagel	Duncan: NCLB Overhaul Needs To Begin Now The No Child Left Behind Act has not only failed to improve student outcomes, it's actually contributing to a decline in academic standards in the United States - this according to United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who has issued a call for the immediate overhaul of NCLB.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Wolf & Hall	Fighting the Good Fight Can the ed tech community convince policymakers that states and districts desperately need dedicated technology funding to ensure no child is left behind?
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Christine Fox	Alabama Gets on Board The changes seen in the Roanoke City Schools in the four years since Tools for Life was launched are remarkable.
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	1-to-1 Computing :: A Measure of Success The first rounds of data are in, and districts are evaluating the impact of their 1-to-1 programs. With the results showing a revolution in teaching and learning, the task now is to find ways to keep the funding alive.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Brenda Williams	Leadership & Advocacy: Integrating Technology to Improve Student Learning West Virginia works to create a statewide technology infrastructure with student achievement as the ultimate focus of leadership.
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Kate Andersen Brower	Obama School Reform Plan Relies on Big Business With Republicans gunning for the Education Dept., the President needs companies to help him fend off deep budget cuts.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010	Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal February 3, 2010 David Nagel	Education Groups 'Extremely Concerned' over EETT Cut in Obama Budget If adopted by Congress without alteration, President Obama's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget would cut the sole source of dedicated federal funding for education technology
T.H.E. Journal November 5, 2009 Scott Aronowitz	How Can American Education Compete Globally? Motoko Akiba and Gerald LeTendre published a book, entitled Improving Teacher Quality: The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context, in which they make the argument that the way to improve U.S. teachers' quality is to overhaul the way teachers are recruited, trained, and hired.
T.H.E. Journal June 2004 Creg E. Williams	School District of Philadelphia Uses Web-Based System to Increase Student Achievement The evidence clearly showed that our high schools were in need of innovative solutions to improve the foundation for student success.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Michelle Gamble-Risley	Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Deborah L. Lowther	Professional Development :: Tennessee An unconventional initiative embedded full-time technology coaches in Tennessee public schools, resulting in demonstrable boosts in teacher confidence and student engagement.
T.H.E. Journal January 2002 Steve Gardner	Forecasting and Managing Student Achievement on High-Stakes Tests To help educators continually forecast and manage student achievement on high-stakes tests, NCS Learn has introduced its High Stakes Management solution; its VP of marketing presents this overview...
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Kay Woodfield	Getting On Board With Online Testing Like most technology being adopted in education, computerized testing has the potential to improve individual student learning. That was Idaho's goal when it selected a new Internet-enabled state test in spring 2002.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Frances Bryant Bradburn	Professional Development: Preloading Professional Development to Ensure Potential Success For North Carolina's IMPACT Model School Grant applicants, professional development started long before a single dollar was ever awarded.
Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman	Seeing No Child Left Behind The highly controversial No Child Left Behind Act is at the center of the election-year debate on education reform.
Geotimes June 2004 Emily Lehr Wallace	Science Funding Left Behind No Child Left Behind stymies the National Science Foundation program in fiscal year 2005.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Was I Wrong on Obama? We have an administration that believes in the power of technology in education, but wants to take a radically different approach to encouraging its use, shifting away from funding through loosely structured grants to having ed tech use integrated across all educational programs.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Jo Ann Reese	Making a Difference One Student at a Time St. Louis Public Schools expands the eMINTS (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies) program to boost student achievement throughout the urban district.
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel	Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 June E. Streckfus	Maryland Strives to Improve Student Learning While Maryland has made a tremendous investment in infrastructure, its overarching goal continues to be improving student learning in core educational areas, as well as in the technological knowledge and skills that are critical to a student's ability to function in today's society.
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 Gary West	Technology Tools to Make Educational Accountability Work The South Carolina Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) establishes new standards for student performance. There is little doubt that such standards are needed as our state attempts to move up the ladder toward excellence...
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Knudson & Cantrell	A New Competitive Grant Model for Nevada The Nevada Department of Education uses a comprehensive program to measure the benefit to students of a technology package (computer, LCD projector, internet access and web-based instruction) delivered to teachers. Some results were exciting and not expected.
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Weaver & Fernley	Tips for Getting Your Educational Technology Projects Funded Two points are important no matter what grant or source of funding you are looking at.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Chris Rother	Evaluating Technology's Role in the Classroom Teachers are using computers more than ever before for everything from instruction to handling administrative chores and communicating with parents.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005	Closing the Achievement Gap While education stakeholders recognize the importance of closing the minority achievement gap, many still find it difficult to make and sustain progress in terms of student achievement. Technology is now proving to be the key to success.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Christine Fox	Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond.
T.H.E. Journal October 2007	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships NCLB Draft a Boost for ed Tech... Grant Moves STEM Experts to Teach... Metametrics Launches Lexile Framework for Writing... etc.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Nodine & Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Rick Gaisford	Utah: In Mint Condition Using intensive professional development and technology-powered strategies, Utah's eMINTS program is polishing up the performance of students in high-poverty schools across the state.
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Mona Westhaver	Learning to Learn: The Best Strategy for Overall Student Achievement State and local funding for schools is decreasing. Learning to learn -- helping students develop thinking skills, learning skills and, most importantly, a passion for learning -- is the solution that will have the most long-term and widespread impact.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006 Lisa A. Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 3: Using Data to Improve Instruction Are you using the right tests? The correct assessment methods? The best technology? These are only a few of the issues that must be addressed in the effort to use data to change teacher practice.
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Title I-- and Then Some School districts are getting creative in finding ways to finance technology purchases, blending Title I dollars with money from numerous other funding sources.